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by gregjor 3y ago
The Thailand long term visa isn’t for digital nomads. It’s intended to attract wealthy individuals. Thailand grants few of those and they have mostly gone to Chinese and Singaporean nationals starting a business in Thailand. The income, emp
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by gregjor 3y ago
Goodhart’s Law at work. Probably no coincidence that “No child left behind” coincided with an increase in secular homeschooling.
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by gregjor 3y ago
yes, at several jobs. never use an ORM if i can help it.
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by gregjor 3y ago
Possible he learned HTML. That’s how we did amazing sites like his in the olden days before stacks.
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by gregjor 3y ago
About 73 power. Seriously, what do you mean by "power," and how would you measure that? The word encompasses too many things. The US President commands the most powerful military in the world, so in that sense he (so far always he
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by gregjor 3y ago
Tough question. I think of the night Prince Siddhartha got drunk with some of his friends after too much arrack and they tipped over some sleeping cows. Vishnu smiled at their antics but Kamadhenu punished them with nasty hangovers. The s
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by gregjor 3y ago
In my profile. Thanks.
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by gregjor 3y ago
Customers feel good about you when they get prompt and relevant communication. They probably won't appreciate your perfectionism -- most people quickly scan emails. If you struggle to write something you feel confident about consider t
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by gregjor 3y ago
Multiple causes have led to this. - A glut of people entering the field with no experience. - A more recent glut of people laid off who now expect or need inflated salaries to maintain their lifestyle and status. - Excessive focus by employ
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by gregjor 3y ago
So do many software development companies -- outsource and have no idea what they're doing.
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by gregjor 3y ago
Listening to Judas Priest worked for me. I hated commuting. No car, no office, no veal fattening pen cubicle farms anymore. Sorry.
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by gregjor 3y ago
If you have a reason for operating as a C corp you might want to hire an accountant or CPA to do the bookkeeping a taxes for you. Generally you want to focus on your core business and hire out the necessary but extraneous work to companies
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by gregjor 3y ago
“Performance” depends on what you measure. The M3 benchmarks faster than the M2. More RAM may or may not matter, depends on the workload. Less RAM means the OS may have to unload resources, but since a normal user only works on one app at a
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by gregjor 3y ago
I don't call myself a great programmer, even after 40+ years as a professional programmer. Whether my projects succeed or fail depends on a lot more than my own skills. I think I have a set of talents that make me good at methodically
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by gregjor 3y ago
Thanks for the validation.
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by gregjor 3y ago
Not “ageist,” just fact. I have never seen a young man driving a ‘70s Stingray or similar classic. Only old men going through their second midlife crisis. Good for them — I chose motorcycles when I got old and had the money for BMWs I could
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by gregjor 3y ago
No, and no one else is “investing” in crypto either. Lots of people are gambling and grifting with it, you may get lucky.
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by gregjor 3y ago
I don’t work for Apple or have any stake in the company. I don’t know why or how Apple chooses specs for their products. I don’t know if some conspiracy of planned obsolescence underpins Apple’s long-term plans. I use Apple products. I upgr
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by gregjor 3y ago
> outdated Safari and Chrome can no longer display online banking webpages properly Banks and many other companies have moved on from 2011-era web standards. 13 years seems a good run for a laptop — cars and washing machines rarely last
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by gregjor 3y ago
Maybe true but NYC didn’t need this level of policing in the subways in the 1950s. We could ask why this happens in NYC and other US cities but not in Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, or Paris. In years of using mass transit in Asia I have not on
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by gregjor 3y ago
You go to the bank and tell them you want to open a joint account. Simple process. The main advantage is not having to constantly transfer from one account to another. If you meant to ask how a couple should manage joint finances, that&#x27
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by gregjor 3y ago
K&R
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by gregjor 3y ago
What good will all the “awareness” and “acknowledgement” do, really? Awareness of my relative privilege as a middle class white American doesn’t help less privileged people. Should I reflect on my privilege and feel guilty? I’m not sure wha
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by gregjor 3y ago
This question asked over and over. I understand the worry but… don’t worry. I commented at length in this thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39611611
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by gregjor 3y ago
https://archive.is/2024.03.06-204530/https://www.nytimes.com...
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by gregjor 3y ago
https://archive.is/2024.03.06-170028/https://www.ft.com/cont...
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by gregjor 3y ago
Value means whatever your employer or customer considers valuable and worth paying for. That may mean increased revenue, decreased costs, more efficient process, competitive advantage, even a happier team. I'll give an example from my
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by gregjor 3y ago
I don't have answers to all of your questions. I don't know where the current wave of AI will go, or what jobs it might eliminate. I have gone through one "AI winter" already and multiple popped bubbles and supposed thre
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by gregjor 3y ago
I never refer to myself as an "engineer." I got to "Senior Programmer/Analyst" in my 20s and I've just continued to call myself a programmer. I've found that titles don't mean much in the software ind
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by gregjor 3y ago
I have almost 45 years experience in software development, so I can describe the skills that led to my own longevity. Hardware and the tools and languages available for writing software changed and improved in many ways during my career. My

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